One of the best known Turkish sculptors in Europe: Who is Kuzgun Acar?

(1928-1975) Turkish sculptor. He is one of the practitioners of the concept of abstract sculpture in Turkey. He was born in Istanbul. He graduated from Sultanahmet Commercial High School in 4948 and entered the sculpture department of the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. prof. He became a student of Rudolf Belling and Zühtü Müridoğlu. He then continued his education in Ali Hadi Bara's workshop. He finished school in 1953 and started freelancing.

Various problems, especially lack of money, forced the artist to work and live under difficult conditions almost all the time. He won the first prize at the "Paris 2nd Young Artists Biennale", which he attended in 1961, and won a scholarship that allowed him to work in France for a while. The work he sent is in the Paris Museum of Modern Arts. The artist's works in France were exhibited in the same museum a year later, and in the Rodin Museum in 1966. Despite the popularity of his works, it became increasingly difficult for him to stay in France. He returned to Turkey and continued his work in his own workshop. He presented his works in solo and collective exhibitions. He also won some awards in Turkey. Two of his works are in the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum. However, the financial difficulties and the necessity of working with their own limited means continued. He died in 1975 as a result of an accident in his workshop in Ortaköy, Istanbul.

Kuzgun Acar used to compose his works with heavy and careful study. Even in his student years, with the influence of the education he received, he turned to abstract works. In these, sensitivity and creativity stood out. Thinking that all kinds of materials can be used in sculpture, Acar first worked on wood and then on bone. Later, he created various abstract arrangements with wire meshes, pieces of metal, and welded nails. He continued his creative pursuit by turning to use different materials. In his metal sculptures, he created original dynamic forms with a strong sense of rhythm and plays of light.

There were also attempts by Acar to integrate his sculpture works with other fields. He applied sculpture decorations to the facades of the Pension Fund Skyscraper in Ankara-Kızılay and the Istanbul Drapers Bazaar. Collaborating with theater artists, he prepared metal masks to be used on stage. The masks he made for the Caucasian Chalk Circle, staged by Mehmet Ulusoy in Paris in 1975, are the last examples of his products in this genre. Acar also worked on some monument projects.